Seemingly noticing Ye Cang's murderous intent, Xie Mao coughed and said, "I'm ready to leave the hospital."

"Huh?"

Ye Cang's attention was diverted, and she said in surprise: "Didn't you say that you were seriously injured? It only took half a day to recover?"

Xie Mao stretched out his hand and pressed the location of his wound through his clothes. There was indeed no pain, and only a slight numbness remained, which did not affect his life and fighting.

No need for Xie Mao to explain, Ye Cang had already realized: "That's right, with Chiyo-sama here, trauma is nothing more than a minor matter."

It's not all trivial, at least it's really painful when the trauma occurs... Xie Mao said: "I will take the cakes in the basket back to share with my family, thank you."

"Tsk!" Ye Cang stuffed the piece he just took out into his mouth and made a gnashing sound, "My hands are very clean!"

"You treat me like a child." Xie Mao said as he looked around and saw his own clothes that Chiyo probably brought from home.

The clothes I originally wore were stained with blood from the stabbings, so I definitely couldn't wear them anymore.

"But aren't you just a child?" Ye Cang said, hugging his chest.

"I am a ninja." Xie Mao got out of bed, picked up his clothes, and looked at Ye Cang, his meaning was very clear.

"Unpleasant little guy." Ye Cang snorted from his nose, turned around and walked out the door, closing the door behind him.

She did pay too much attention to me, but judging from the plot, she was just stupid and not a spy... After Xie Mao changed her clothes, she opened the door with a basket and found Ye Cang waiting at the door.

"It's time for me to go back." Xie Mao said, with the intention of saying goodbye.

"etc."

Ye Cang, who was standing against the wall outside the door, had regained her composure. She looked at Xie Mao and said, "You still remember that you have signed up for the Chunin Exam, right?"

Xie Mao looked at Ye Cang, nodded slightly and said, "Remember."

Not long after graduating from the Ninja School, the original "Scorpion" signed up for the Chunin Examination. With Chiyo's recommendation and guarantee, the village's top management had no reason to refuse.

In fact, they also need a genius strong enough to fight against Kakashi Hatake, who is famous in Konoha Hidden Village. He graduated from the ninja school at the age of 5 and is known as the next generation of Konoha White Fang, in order to boost Sunagakure Village.

The morale of the ninjas.

"Let's talk while we walk." Ye Cang left the wall and walked aside first. Xie Mao simply followed, half a body behind.

On the way, Ye Cang said seriously: "Considering the need to hide your methods and true strength from the enemy as much as possible, as well as the characteristics of the puppet master itself, your Chunin Examination will not be public, and it will not be with others, but

You need to complete a difficult task alone."

Complete a difficult task alone? Xie Mao couldn't help but resist.

Regardless of the system, Xie Mao's strength has definitely not returned to the level of his original "Scorpion". He is still unable to control the two puppets well, let alone various techniques and the qualities that a ninja should have.

If we only look at the ability of ninjas, Xie Mao thinks that he cannot reach the Chunin level. If you include the power of [Soothsayer] and Qingtong, then he does have Chunin strength, but Qingtong cannot be exposed casually.

exist.

Should he take the risk of being promoted to chuunin now, or should he wait until later when he is stronger and more confident? Xie Mao was in hesitation.

Of course Xie Mao prefers the latter. After all, there is not much benefit in being promoted to chunin. The only function is probably to appease the hearts of Chiyo and other village senior officials. They had known that "Scorpion" had the strength of chunin. If

If Xie Mao did not take the exam, it would easily arouse their suspicion.

But completing a difficult task alone may be life-threatening! Xie Mao felt in a dilemma, and suddenly he had an idea and asked: "For what purpose did Master Ye Cang remind me?"

"Examiner."

Ye Cang said frankly: "It is a prerequisite to let you participate in the mission alone, but there will be several examiners following you. Under normal circumstances, we will not protect you, we will only score your mission process. Only when your scores meet the standard can you become a real middle school student."

Tolerate."

"Have you determined the time and specific tasks for the exam?" Xie Mao asked again.

"As for the time, we will give you a special task within three days," Ye Cang said.

Xie Mao didn't ask what the task was. As the examiner, Ye Cang would definitely not tell him. What he cared about more was the time: "Does it have to be within three days?"

"Um?"

"My puppets have all been destroyed, and it will take some time to make them again and become familiar with them. Moreover, although my injuries have almost healed, my body has not fully recovered yet." Xie Mao said, just asking for a delay.

No matter how long it takes, he can become stronger every day. The most important thing is that he has more opportunities to complete the digestion of the [Soothsayer] before the Chunin Exam and be promoted to Sequence 8.

Ye Cang thought for a moment and felt that what Xie Mao said was very reasonable. If a puppet master had no puppets, it would be impossible for him to show his true strength.

"I will go back and discuss it with others, but it won't be more than a week at the latest," Ye Cang said.

"Why?"

"Firstly, the task is time-sensitive. The longer it is delayed, the harder it is to find clues. Secondly, because in about ten days, the village's unified Chuunin exam will begin. We don't want you to take part in this public exam and expose your methods.

and strength, but if you are neither promoted nor take the exam at that time, your reputation as a genius will be underestimated, and the entire village will be underestimated." Ye Cang explained.

If you don't take the Chunin Exam at this age, is this your genius puppet master? There's no way he can compare with Konoha's Kakashi... Xie Mao can imagine this kind of ridicule.

Compared to Kakashi Hatake, who is younger and graduated from the ninja school earlier, Xie Mou must be promoted to chuunin as soon as possible in order to continue to be on par with Kakashi Hatake and not lose the face of Sunagakure Village.

It's really troublesome... Xie Mao almost frowned, but in the end he kept his calm and nodded gently: "I understand."

At this time, the two of them had already reached the entrance of the hospital. Ye Cang turned around and looked at Xie Mao and said, "Then let's say goodbye here. I look forward to your performance in the exam."

"Goodbye." After Xie Mao said goodbye, he saw Ye Cangli disappear on the street in an instant, leaving only a slight blazing cyclone in place.

Xie Mao looked at it for two seconds, slightly discerned the direction, and after matching it one by one with his memory, he walked towards home.

It is already evening, and Sunagakure Village is very quiet after dark. Under the moonlight and starlight, there is only the occasional sound of wind whistling through various buildings.

There were not many people on the street, and Xie Mao walked quietly alone. While thinking about the future, he returned home with some resistance.

If you return to the hall at home, the scene of Uncle Sen's death will definitely reappear in your mind, and all kinds of negative emotions will inevitably flood Xie Mao's heart again.

Just when Xie Mao couldn't help but feel a little sad, he saw a small figure running in front of him, and his appearance looked familiar, but he couldn't directly identify who the other person was in the night.

[The fortune teller] was inspired, and Xie Mao made a guess.

Soon, the figure trotted past him, but he couldn't see him clearly because of the darkness.

Xie Mao, who originally wanted to meet naturally, had no choice but to shout: "Ishigaki Kaoru?"

The girl quickly stopped and swayed, looking a little dazed. She looked over and said in a crisp, worried voice: "Scorpion Lord?"

"It's me, good evening." Xie Mao looked at Ishigaki Kaoru who was running and sweating, and asked, "Why are you so anxious?"

Kaoru Ishigaki came closer, and when he heard the words, his shell got stuck, and he said calmly: "I, I heard Uncle Yimu say, Mr. Scorpion, you are injured and hospitalized..."

So are you here to visit me... Xie Mao said: "Yes, I have just been discharged from the hospital."

"Eh?" Kaoru Ishigaki said in surprise as if his common sense had been broken, "So fast?"

"Because the injury was not serious, he has almost recovered." Xie Mao didn't want Kaoru Ishigaki to be too worried and not tell the truth.

"Is that so..." Kaoru Ishigaki tangled his hands together and moved his eyes away in embarrassment.

Looking at the little girl in front of him, Xie Mao, who has the mental age of an adult, decided to lead the conversation and prevent the situation from becoming embarrassing, so he said with a smile: "I am very happy that you can come to visit me."

"Ah~" Ishigaki Kaoru wanted to respond properly, but facing Xie Mao's gaze, she finally just said, "We...are...friends."

"Yes, we are friends."

Xie Mao turned sideways and said, "If there's nothing else, I'll take you home. It's not safe to be alone on the street at night. By the way, why didn't Yi Mukui come with you?"

He can rest assured that Kaoru Ishigaki will come to the hospital alone?

Ishigaki Kaoru shook his head gently: "I am not alone."

"Who else?"

"Me." A young voice that was somewhat familiar, but not Yi Mukui's, sounded not far away, and then a figure walked slowly over.
Chapter completed!